Roast Salted Turkey For a Crowd

Name: Roast Salted Turkey For a Crowd
Yield: Serves 14 to 16
Ingredients: 1 , turkey (15 to 18 pounds), giblets and neck reserved for gravy, if making; 7 tablespoons, kosher salt (see note above); 1 bag, ice cubes (5 pound); 4 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated November/December 2006

We have brined thousands of turkeys over the years. But with limited room in the refrigerator, was it time to develop a space-saving alternative?

SERVES14 to 16

TIME2½ to 3 hours, plus 24 hours salting, 1 hour icing, and 30 minutes resting

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We wanted to develop an alternative method to brining—a salted turkey recipe that would both season the meat and keep it moist. We discovered that salting the turkey and refrigerating it for 24 to 48 hours left most of the meat nicely seaso...

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